Proto-Indo-European
*dʰer-
‘to hold, support’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-.
60 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-, most familiar first.
- dark ← derk ← deorc ← *derk ← *dʰerg-
- drug ← drogge ← drogue ← droge ← *drōgi
- firm ← firma ← firmare ← firmo ← firmus
- dry ← drye ← drȳġe ← *drūgī ← *drūgiz
- drama ← δρᾶμα ← δράω ← darýti ← *dʰor-éyeti
- confirm ← confirmen ← confermer ← cōnfirmāre ← firmāre
- dare ← durren ← durran ← *durʀan ← *durzaną
- throne ← trone ← trone ← thronus ← θρόνος
- confirmation ← confirmacioun ← confirmacion ← cōnfirmātiō ← cōnfirmātus
- drain ← *dreinen ← drēahnian ← *drauhnōn ← *drauhnōną
- drone ← drounen ← *drunnjan ← *drunjaną
- feasible ← fesable ← facere ← fere ← *feros
More words from *dʰer-
- formidable
- drastic
- refrain
- darn
- affirmative
- dharma
- affirmation
- affirming
- dazed
- melodrama
- dramatist
- dor
- firmament
- dern
- dramatize
- druggist
- dramaturgy
- frenulum
- formidably
- monodrama
- daruma
- fermata
- dramaturge
- adharma
- dharana
- dorama
- frenum
- teledrama
- affirmatio
- derne
- dramaturgist
- dramaless
- droguet
- dramatology
- dramatism
- effrenate
- firmity
- firmitude
- formidability
- fordry
- melodrame
- microdrama
- nondrama
- selictar
- subdrama
- tarafdar
- thranite
- theodrama
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-